Development Director
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Job Type: Ministerial
Reports to: Chief Development Officer
Position Description
This full-time, benefited position serves as a key leadership partner to the Chief Development Officer, providing strategic oversight of core fundraising operations, donor stewardship, parish engagement, reporting, and selected major gift activity.
This role strengthens Development team systems, coordination, accountability, and long-term planning while cultivating relationships, inspiring generosity, and increasing financial support to advance the mission, vision, values, and long-term sustainability of Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma.
Ministerial
Reports to: Chief Development Officer
Position Description
This full-time, benefited position serves as a key leadership partner to the Chief Development Officer, providing strategic oversight of core fundraising operations, donor stewardship, parish engagement, reporting, and selected major gift activity.
This role strengthens Development team systems, coordination, accountability, and long-term planning while cultivating relationships, inspiring generosity, and increasing financial support to advance the mission, vision, values, and long-term sustainability of Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma.
Ministerial
- As a ministerial representative of CCEOK, both professional and personal conduct must align with the ethical and moral standards of the Catholic Church
- Pray daily for the needs of the poor through personal prayer, daily Mass, and/or adoration
- Be willing to learn and apply Catholic teaching in your role
- Help foster a shared culture of ministry across program operations and management
- Lead the Development department in achieving fundraising, stewardship, and parish engagement goals established by the Board of Governors and organizational leadership
- Maintain a positive, supportive work environment that strengthens staff morale, encourages collaboration, and reflects the dignity of each team member
- Organize and lead weekly Development staff meetings, including responsibility for the meeting agenda, minutes, structure, flow, follow-up items, and accountability
- Organize and facilitate the department’s annual goal-setting meeting and quarterly goal follow-up meetings to evaluate progress, address challenges, and ensure alignment with departmental and organizational priorities
- Develop, implement, and monitor annual calendars, action plans, systems, timelines, and internal processes that improve Development team efficiency and cross-functional collaboration
- Provide leadership and supervision for the Development team, including the Parish Engagement Manager, Major Gift Officers, and Donor Acknowledgment Representative, ensuring each role supports fundraising strategy, donor stewardship, parish engagement, database accuracy, and mission-centered service
- Collaborate with the Chief Development Officer and Board Development Committee to establish fundraising goals and support Board engagement in donor cultivation, fundraising, and stewardship
- Demonstrate forward-thinking leadership by anticipating future needs, identifying opportunities, and recommending strategies that strengthen fundraising performance and organizational sustainability
- Manage a portfolio of approximately 135 major donors, including cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, moves management, donor communication, and individualized strategy development
- Review comparative data, wealth screens and historical results for all appeals and portfolios to evaluate performance, identify trends, and guide campaign strategies, messaging, timing, and future fundraising plans
- Oversee and work all Annual Appeal processes within the parishes, including:
- Identifying, organizing, and coordinating required materials
- Overseeing campaign logistics, distribution, and follow-up
- Collaborate in creating appeal messaging and mailings
- Oversee with the Parish Engagement employee the coordination with priests, parish staff, volunteers, and internal departments
- Review and update all scheduled matching gift correspondence annually to ensure messaging, timing, links, instructions, and donor information remain current and effective
- Collaborate on the planning and execution of all donor events, including strategy, guest engagement, stewardship, follow-up, and evaluation
- Oversee prospect portfolios and fundraising reporting to ensure appropriate donor assignments, consistent movement through the cultivation cycle, and accurate, timely information for staff and organizational leadership
- Collaborate with the Data Coordinator to create and maintain an annual reporting calendar that provides timely information to support fundraising, stewardship, donor engagement, campaign planning, and organizational decision-making
- Cultivate and steward relationships with individuals, parishes, donors, corporations, civic leaders, and community partners to increase awareness, engagement, volunteer participation, and financial support for the mission.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
- Experience engaging donors, volunteers, parishes, church leaders, and community partners to support fundraising and mission advancement
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and planning skills
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities, campaigns, events, relationships, and deadlines
- Ability to lead with encouragement, accountability, professionalism, discretion, and a commitment to maintaining positive staff morale
- Minimum of three years of nonprofit experience with fundraising background preferred
- Strong ability to articulate the Catholic mission effectively
- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
- Proven leadership, staff supervision, strategic planning, and project management experience
- Experience analyzing fundraising reports, donor portfolios, and performance trends
- Experience with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge or a similar donor database system
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
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Responsibilities
Lead the Development team and oversee fundraising operations, including major donor portfolios, annual appeals, donor stewardship, parish engagement, and donor events. Strengthen team systems, reporting, accountability, and long-term fundraising strategy in collaboration with the Chief Development Officer and organizational leadership.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree is required, and an advanced degree is preferred; the role also calls for at least three years of nonprofit experience, preferably in fundraising. Candidates should bring leadership and staff supervision experience, strong planning and communication skills, fundraising data analysis experience, donor database proficiency, and the ability to articulate the Catholic mission.
Skills
- Fundraising Strategy
- Major Gift Fundraising
- Donor Cultivation
- Donor Stewardship
- Parish Engagement
- Team Leadership
- Staff Supervision
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Fundraising Analytics
- Donor Portfolio Management
- Relationship Building
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Event Planning
- Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge
- Microsoft Office
Benefits
- Benefits
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- Management & Leadership
- Sales
- Social Services
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- Nonprofit Fundraising
- Major Gifts
- Donor Stewardship
- Annual Appeals
- Parish Engagement
- Donor Cultivation
- Moves Management
- Donor Portfolios
- Fundraising Reporting
- Wealth Screening
- Matching Gifts
- Donor Events
- Campaign Planning
- Board Engagement
- Staff Supervision
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Community Outreach
- Volunteer Engagement
- Catholic Charities
- Catholic Mission
- Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge
- Donor Database
- Microsoft Office Suite